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Organizational Dynamics: Instructor: Soorjith Illickal Karthikeyan (D & E)

This document provides an overview of the Organizational Dynamics course, including what students can expect to learn. The course will introduce foundational concepts of organizational design and equip students to manage and lead organizations in the changing business landscape. It will also cover managing organizations through times of ambiguity and digitization. The class will primarily use case discussions to give students experience grappling with complex real-world scenarios from various industries and perspectives.

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Organizational Dynamics: Instructor: Soorjith Illickal Karthikeyan (D & E)

This document provides an overview of the Organizational Dynamics course, including what students can expect to learn. The course will introduce foundational concepts of organizational design and equip students to manage and lead organizations in the changing business landscape. It will also cover managing organizations through times of ambiguity and digitization. The class will primarily use case discussions to give students experience grappling with complex real-world scenarios from various industries and perspectives.

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Organizational Dynamics

Instructor: Soorjith Illickal Karthikeyan (D & E)

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU)

September 28, 2021

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Agenda for today

• What can you hope to learn in the OD course

• Everything else you ever want to know about the OD course!

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What the course is about!

• Introduce the conceptual foundations of organizational design

• Equip you to manage and lead organizations of all kinds

• Being able to appreciate the changing landscape of organizations

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Organizational Design

Org design: constructing and


changing an organization’s
structure to achieve the
organizations goals.

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Managing and leading organizations

• Knowledge, experience,
and imagination

• Ability to face ambiguity


and uncertainty

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Changing landscape of organizations

• Digitization

• Data

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Why you need the OD course

• I want to manage and lead organizations!

• I want to work in finance, operations, analytics!

• I only want to work in an organization and get a salary!

• I am going to be in entrepreneurship!

• I don’t intend to work!

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Logistics & Class Decorum

Meetings
• Office hours: Drop me an email and we’ll schedule a meeting (both
individually and collectively)
• Email: [email protected]

Do’s and Dont’s


• Please don’t be distracted and distract others while the class is going
on
• Deadlines are sacrosanct
• Academic honesty is important: Please do proper referencing, strict no
to plagiarism, etc.

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Good practices!

• Use the raise hand option to contribute!

• Be polite and civil in class discussions!

• Learning is collaborative!

• Effort is valuable!

• Be connected!

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Learning

How the classes will work?


• Primarily through case discussions- we’ll also have breakout rooms
• Lectures will supplement class discussions
Important that you come to the class prepared . . .

Why cases?
• Opportunity to familiarize yourself with a wide variety of realistic
settings (divergent contexts, different industries, various orientations,
different positions, etc.)
• Cope with ambiguities and complex situations
• Use the tools and make decisions

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